Package-can.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

M. & P. SHALITA. PACKAGE CAN.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 4, 1904 NO MODEL.

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Patented September 6, 1904.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS SHALITA AND PINCUS SHALlTA, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,498, dated September 6, 1904. Application filed March 4, 1904. Serial No. 196,617. (No model.)

To (LU whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, MORRIS SHALITA and PINoUs SHALITA, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Package-Cans, of which the followingis afull, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to the construction of cans preferably made of metal and adapted especially for liquid contents, said cans being of that type in which a removable cover is employed, held in place by frictional engagement with the mouth-section of the body of the can.

The purpose of our invention is to provide a construction of can of the type mentioned, wherein should any of the liquid such as paint or varnish, for example be spilled in filling the can it will be caught and retained by a ledge below the upper portion of the mouth of the body of the can, and to so construct the cover that it will have a corresponding ledge adapted to be in a measure fitted to the ledge carried by the body at its mouth, the two ledges being upwardly bent, the ledge of the cover having a greater upward inclination than the ledge of the body, so that when the cover is forced down into the mouth of the can, having frictional engagement therewith in the usual way, the spilled material will be located between the flanges or ledges on the cover and the body, thereby compressing the surplus material and causing it to act as a cement to render the body of the can absolutely air-tight and to prevent any of the liquid in the can possibly being spilled when the can is even violently agitated.

This cementing action between the cover and the body of the can thus brought about, while holding the cover firmly and hermetically to the body, does not interfere with the removal of the cover, which may be dislodged in the usual way, but necessarily with a slightlygreater resistance than heretofore. If the contents of the can are not of a glutinous or cementing nature, a thin cement of any suitable character may be placed upon the ledge or flange of the body, so as to meet the corresponding ledge or flange of the cover when the cover is placed in position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved can and the cover, the cover being shown raised from the can. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the body of the can, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the body of the can and the cover, illustrating the cover in sealed connection with the body of the can.

A represents the body of the can, which is provided with the usual mouth-guard 10, having the customary inner depressed surface and elevated outer ribbed surface, and this mouth-guard is furthermore provided with the usual downwardly-extending marginal collar 11, which surrounds the mouth C proper of the can; but at the lower edge of the collar-section 11 a ledge or flange 12 is formed, extending the entire circumference of the collar, and this ledge or flange 12 is given more or less of an upward inclination, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, forming practically a more or less deep gutter 13 adjacent to the collar 11.

B represents the cover, which is adapted to enter the mouth O of the can and to efiectually close the same. This cover B, as is customary in cans of this kind, consists of an outwardly-extending upper marginal flange 1% and a downwardlyextending collar 15; but at the lower edge of this collar 15 the bottom 16, which is formed at the lower portion of the collar, is provided with an upwardly-extending ledge or flange section 17 at its marginal portion, and the upward inclination of this ledge or flange section 17 is greater than the inclination of the flange or ledge 12, forming a portion of the collar 11 at the mouth of the body.

When a can constructed as described is filled with paint, varnish, or any glutinous material, it' any of said material is spilled in filling" it will be received and retained by the gutter 13 formed by the body flange or ledge 12, and when the cover B is forced down in the usual way for frictional engagement of the collar 15 of the cover with the collar 11 of the body the flange or ledge section 17 of the cover will be slightly raised from the corresponding flange or ledge 12 of the body, as is shown in Fig. 3, forming a space in which the spilled material is located, as is also shown in Fig. 3, and this material becoming more or less solid in this space forms practically an air-tight seal between the flange or ledge 12 and the flange or ledge section 17 of the cover. and in the event there is but a slight particle of material spilled on the ledge or flange 12 in filling the can or in the event that none of the material is spilled on said ledge or flange 12 after the cover has been placed in position and the can is shaken to any great extent the liquid will find an entrance to the space between the flanges or ledges 12 and 17, and when the can stands for a little time the liquid will act as a cement.

If the material in the can is not of a glutinous or sealing nature, after the can is filled a light liquid cement of any desired character may be placed on the ledge or flange 12 before the cover B is carried to place and will thus formahermeticalseal between the mouth receiving portion of the can and the cover; but the sealing connection obtained under either of the conditions described will not be l suflicient to prevent the cover B being pried from the body A in the customary manner.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a package-can, a body provided with a marginal guard at its mouth, the said guard being provided at its inner edge with a downwardly-xtending collar, and the said collar being provided at its lower edge with an upwardly-inclined ledge forming a gutter, and a cover comprising a collar-section fitted to the collar, extending from the mouth-guard of the body, an outwardly-extending upper marginal flange and a bottom at the lower portion of said collar, which collar is provided with an upwardly-inclined flanged section having greater upward inclination than the inclination of the flange at the bottom portion of the collar belonging to the body, the flange-section of the cover and the collarflange of the body being adapted to substantially engage at their outer portions when the cover is fitted into the body, thus forminga space into which some of the contents of the body may be received to form a seal between the body and the cover, as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS SHALITA. PINGUS SHALITA. Witnesses:

MAX SOHENKMAN, MEYER REsNIcK. 

